- Relationship focus
- Self esteem support
- 29 years experience
About Deana
Deana Porter is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) based in California. She brings 29 years of experience helping people facing relationship strain, trauma, and challenges with intimacy. She also supports clients working on motivation, self esteem, and confidence.
She focuses on practical conversations that address what matters now. Sessions are shaped around each person's goals and situation. Deana listens closely and adapts the approach to what the person finds most helpful.
Her work draws on approaches such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy to address patterns of thought and emotion. She also uses the Gottman Method for relationship concerns and Internal Family Systems to work with inner parts when that fits the client's needs.
Deana has supported people through grief, stress, depression, bipolar mood concerns, and the effects of trauma and abuse. She also helps with parenting strain, blended family issues, adoption and foster care topics, caregiving stress, and common communication and commitment struggles.
The tone in sessions tends to be respectful and down-to-earth. Deana aims to help people notice small changes that make daily life easier. She invites clients to take one brave step and then assesses what comes next together.
She focuses on practical conversations that address what matters now. Sessions are shaped around each person's goals and situation. Deana listens closely and adapts the approach to what the person finds most helpful.
Her work draws on approaches such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy to address patterns of thought and emotion. She also uses the Gottman Method for relationship concerns and Internal Family Systems to work with inner parts when that fits the client's needs.
Deana has supported people through grief, stress, depression, bipolar mood concerns, and the effects of trauma and abuse. She also helps with parenting strain, blended family issues, adoption and foster care topics, caregiving stress, and common communication and commitment struggles.
The tone in sessions tends to be respectful and down-to-earth. Deana aims to help people notice small changes that make daily life easier. She invites clients to take one brave step and then assesses what comes next together.